[Red Boots]

dont pick it apart...look at the whole picture..hang in there. My father and three of his brothers fought in WW2. We all know the patriotism of that time

We all know it, that's true; but that generation is almost gone, and ours will soon follow. This show is all the next few generations of high school kids and new immigrants are going to see.

[donnab]

Thats where we come in...smile

[VOA]

We all know it, that's true; but that generation is almost gone,
and ours will soon follow. This show is all the next few generations
of high school kids and new immigrants are going to see.

That is true.
Although I've not got the academic creds to do it...
someone should think about putting out a
"Knowledgeable Person's Guide To Ken Burns' 'The War'" and point
out the counter-examples for some of the PC/PBS gospel that
was bound to get inserted in the narrative.

I'm just PRAYING Burns didn't call The Smithsonian for background
info on Hiroshima and Nagasaki!!!

But my cynical side says: "Don't be silly. You know that letting
The Smithsonian WRITE the script on Hiroshima/Nagasaki was a
non-negotiable part of Burns' contract with PBS!"

[SuziQ]

This show is all the next few generations of high school kids and new immigrants are going to see.

Don't worry, they'll get plenty of the feeling of patriotism from this movie. But it is true, that many young men decided that to become a man, they needed to prove themselves as soldiers. It doesn't mean they weren't patriotic, it just means they were young men looking for more out of their plain lives.